The hosts (four-ish guys in NYC) are both funny and pretty informative, and they tend to talk about movies that are a little less covered by the other bad movie podcasts. Any episode featuring a Jim Belushi, Michael Caine, Wilford Brimley, or a Gary Busey movie is a good starting point.

We Hate Movies is fantastic. I initially didn't think I was going to like it because the main host (Andrew Jupin) plays up his anger a little too much, but they do a great job of staying on topic and mining the tiniest logical fallacies out of any movie.

We Hate Movies is by far my favorite one in the list that I listen to regularly. The guys have great chemistry and actually know what they're talking about. However, like bobservo mentioned, Andrew Jupin does play up the indignant anger at overused or corny tropes (it sounds like he's impersonating Lewis Black in his more breathless rants) but hey, nobody's perfect.

I'd put this one up there with the best of all the comedy podcasts, even the ones that aren't about lovely movies. Elliott, Stuart and the house cat are hilarious. And there's a guy named Dan too. They discuss a crappy movie, take listener mail, and then recommend some movies that don't suck. Of all the comedy podcasts I listen to, this is the one I download and listen to immediately when I see a new episode pop up on the RSS feed.

The chemistry between them all is just amazing. They all play their parts perfectly and it just works so good. The recent Total Recall episode had me rolling when they discussed the child of Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside. So glad this forum introduced them to me. I don't think they've had a bad guest host either. And their most regular guest Hallie Haglund is just great.

As always you should be watching The Invisible Maniac, Castle Freak and Head of The Family.

I've recommended this podcast a lot in this forum because I've derived a lot of enjoyment from it over the years. Just to be clear:

1) it is not always about "bad" movies (though more often than not, it is) -- it runs the gauntlet from childhood classics (The Dark Crystal) to obscure old sci-fi flicks (The Tingler) to famously terrible movies (Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever) and everywhere in between.

2) it is not hosted by comedians; the main host seems like an uber-nerd who pronounces Japanese words correctly and has an encyclopedic knowledge of kung fu flicks, and a lot of the time his co-host will be somebody from an anime website or whatever. Frequent co-host Sean provides a nice contrast, though.

3) it is not, in fact, a comedy podcast -- although the tone is lighthearted, they are not out to mock bad movies, but to give honest opinions about them, and frequently find some aspect of even the most awful movies to enjoy.

If you're getting into this podcast I'd reccomend you check out any episode with Daryl Sarat (SA Goon) or the members of Fast Karate for the Gentlemen, Dave and Joel.
For example http://goo.gl/QjVYT Their podcast about The Perfect Weapon.
orhttp://goo.gl/KJMnX Dave and Joel helping him review Strange Days.

Film Sack https://filmsack.com is probably my favorite one of these. They don't go out of their way to review movies that they probably wouldn't have liked, but there's still a lot of common ground between Filmsack and Flophouse. They aren't as funny, but they're a little more informative.

I'd also like to recommend Yeah It's That Bad; the guys don't have the deepest insight into movies, but they have an amazing chemistry and the show is extremely well-edited (which rarely happens on even professional podcasts). The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie episode is probably a good place to start with them.

I've listened to all the available episodes of Yeah It's That Bad too but I don't really like it as much. The guys can be pretty funny at times but they seem kind of childish to me, and I don't mean their brand of humor. It's just that that sound like 13 year olds that speak in a weird, stilted pattern because one of them actually goes through and edits out the pauses and umms. It's one of the weirdest things I've ever heard but I'm crazy for bad movie discussion so I listen to it even though I can't give it better than a 3/5.

I'll chime in with Alcohollywood. It's a drinking game movie podcast that tends to hit about as often as it misses. There's some actual mixology talent on display here, but they tend to get a little holier than thou with their movie choices and their attitudes towards films in general. Can't say I totally support anyone who builds up Rubber and Throw Momma From the Train, then slams Labyrinth and Neverending Story.

Can't stand it. These are the fakest, most insufferable hosts I've probably ever heard. Everything is so forced, especially the laughter. June Diane Raphael's in particular makes me want to drive an icepick through her brain. "EhHEH EhHEH EhHEH"

I like the show when I know the movie, and I really enjoy the live episodes, but the three of them waaay overuse the word "obsessed" about nearly every thing brought up and the forced laughter makes their over-the-top criticism seem even more hyperbolic.

And, I know some people don't like How Did This Get Made, but I'm a fan of the show because they exhibit a boundless energy to discuss whatever movie they talk about. The Filmsack and Flophouse hosts will go off on a tangent if they don't like the movie very much, but HDTGM keeps on-topic surprisingly well when you think about who's involved.

Bad Movie Friends is another bad movie podcast. I've only listened to it a few times when I'm out of other comedy podcasts to listen to. It didn't make much of an impression on me, but I didn't completely hate it either.

So I guess it's time I post this here, hope that's kosher. I asked you guys for some advice not too long ago on what you're looking for in a bad movie podcast and I hope I didn't let you down too much.

We only watch films that are easily accessible (90% of the time, movies on Netflix, occasionally something on Youtube or Amazon) and talk about whether you should queue it up or not. When it came to tone we really wanted it to sound like four friends drinking beers and bullshitting after watching a movie. It's a bit rough quality wise in my opinion because we record straight from Skype for now (and forever because we're scattered across the world). I do all the editing and try to balance a pretty intense grad program, which isn't much of an excuse but it's a temporary reason why I'm not having everyone record their own strands. This will happen eventually though. I think over time the podcast will develop more "segments" and find its own identity. Feedback would be appreciated and I'm pretty good at taking criticism.

I hate to toot my own horn in here but this seems like a good opportunity to say that I have a 'bad movie podcast' that I started partially in response to some of the criticisms in this thread (ones that I shared as a podcast listener).

I got sick of hearing about the same bad movies over and over again with the same exaggerated responses to everything, so I made a rule: the movies have to be obscure enough to never have been covered by another podcast OR any of the AV Club's similar columns. Often they have less than ten external reviews on IMDB, although both of these rules have been broken in the past.

I've recommended this podcast a lot in this forum because I've derived a lot of enjoyment from it over the years. Just to be clear:

1) it is not always about "bad" movies (though more often than not, it is) -- it runs the gauntlet from childhood classics (The Dark Crystal) to obscure old sci-fi flicks (The Tingler) to famously terrible movies (Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever) and everywhere in between.

2) it is not hosted by comedians; the main host seems like an uber-nerd who pronounces Japanese words correctly and has an encyclopedic knowledge of kung fu flicks, and a lot of the time his co-host will be somebody from an anime website or whatever. Frequent co-host Sean provides a nice contrast, though.

3) it is not, in fact, a comedy podcast -- although the tone is lighthearted, they are not out to mock bad movies, but to give honest opinions about them, and frequently find some aspect of even the most awful movies to enjoy.

In addition to The Flop House, HDGTM, and The Greatest Movie Ever (all fine podcasts), I'd also recommend We Hate Movies: http://www.whmpodcast.com/

The hosts (four-ish guys in NYC) are both funny and pretty informative, and they tend to talk about movies that are a little less covered by the other bad movie podcasts. Any episode featuring a Jim Belushi, Michael Caine, Wilford Brimley, or a Gary Busey movie is a good starting point.

I've recommended this podcast a lot in this forum because I've derived a lot of enjoyment from it over the years. Just to be clear:

1) it is not always about "bad" movies (though more often than not, it is) -- it runs the gauntlet from childhood classics (The Dark Crystal) to obscure old sci-fi flicks (The Tingler) to famously terrible movies (Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever) and everywhere in between.

2) it is not hosted by comedians; the main host seems like an uber-nerd who pronounces Japanese words correctly and has an encyclopedic knowledge of kung fu flicks, and a lot of the time his co-host will be somebody from an anime website or whatever. Frequent co-host Sean provides a nice contrast, though.

3) it is not, in fact, a comedy podcast -- although the tone is lighthearted, they are not out to mock bad movies, but to give honest opinions about them, and frequently find some aspect of even the most awful movies to enjoy.

If you're getting into this podcast I'd reccomend you check out any episode with Daryl Sarat (SA Goon) or the members of Fast Karate for the Gentlemen, Dave and Joel.
For example http://goo.gl/QjVYT Their podcast about The Perfect Weapon.
orhttp://goo.gl/KJMnX Dave and Joel helping him review Strange Days.

Film Sack https://filmsack.com is probably my favorite one of these. They don't go out of their way to review movies that they probably wouldn't have liked, but there's still a lot of common ground between Filmsack and Flophouse. They aren't as funny, but they're a little more informative.

And, I know some people don't like How Did This Get Made, but I'm a fan of the show because they exhibit a boundless energy to discuss whatever movie they talk about. The Filmsack and Flophouse hosts will go off on a tangent if they don't like the movie very much, but HDTGM keeps on-topic surprisingly well when you think about who's involved.

In addition to The Flop House, HDGTM, and The Greatest Movie Ever (all fine podcasts), I'd also recommend We Hate Movies: http://www.whmpodcast.com/

The hosts (four-ish guys in NYC) are both funny and pretty informative, and they tend to talk about movies that are a little less covered by the other bad movie podcasts. Any episode featuring a Jim Belushi, Michael Caine, Wilford Brimley, or a Gary Busey movie is a good starting point.

We Hate Movies is fantastic. I initially didn't think I was going to like it because the main host (Andrew Jupin) plays up his anger a little too much, but they do a great job of staying on topic and mining the tiniest logical fallacies out of any movie.

I'd also like to recommend Yeah It's That Bad; the guys don't have the deepest insight into movies, but they have an amazing chemistry and the show is extremely well-edited (which rarely happens on even professional podcasts). The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Movie episode is probably a good place to start with them.

I'll chime in with Alcohollywood. It's a drinking game movie podcast that's actually pretty interesting on a technical level. Particularly fond of the mixology, though we might not see eye to eye in terms of movie tastes.

(edited to change the tone... didn't mean to be so rude. But I still stand by my statement that Neverending Story and Labyrinth are loving American classics that just happened to be based on German fiction and, uh, puppets, repsectively.)

Yancy_Street fucked around with this message at Feb 21, 2013 around 02:12

Can't stand it. These are the fakest, most insufferable hosts I've probably ever heard. Everything is so forced, especially the laughter. June Diane Raphael's in particular makes me want to drive an icepick through her brain. "EhHEH EhHEH EhHEH"

I like the show when I know the movie, and I really enjoy the live episodes, but the three of them waaay overuse the word "obsessed" about nearly every thing brought up and the forced laughter makes their over-the-top criticism seem even more hyperbolic.

I'll give The Flop House and We Hate Movies both big, big thumbs up. The Flop House doesn't dig as deeply into the movies they watch as We Hate Movies does, but they compensate by derailing the show so hard it turns into an incredibly hilarious mobius strip of a trainwreck. I've also listened to the entire catalog of episodes at least ten times, so it may have turned my brain into a broken record.

The chemistry between them all is just amazing. They all play their parts perfectly and it just works so good. The recent Total Recall episode had me rolling when they discussed the child of Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside. So glad this forum introduced them to me. I don't think they've had a bad guest host either. And their most regular guest Hallie Haglund is just great.

As always you should be watching The Invisible Maniac, Castle Freak and Head of The Family.

I've been checking out We Hate Movies more often thanks to the recommendations in this thread. I can't match the voices with the pics on their website yet, but one of the guys sounds exactly like Paul Scheer to me, which is kind of strange considering he's actually on How Did This Get Made?

We Hate Movies is by far my favorite one in the list that I listen to regularly. The guys have great chemistry and actually know what they're talking about. However, like bobservo mentioned, Andrew Jupin does play up the indignant anger at overused or corny tropes (it sounds like he's impersonating Lewis Black in his more breathless rants) but hey, nobody's perfect.

I've listened to all the available episodes of Yeah It's That Bad too but I don't really like it as much. The guys can be pretty funny at times but they seem kind of childish to me, and I don't mean their brand of humor. It's just that that sound like 13 year olds that speak in a weird, stilted pattern because one of them actually goes through and edits out the pauses and umms. It's one of the weirdest things I've ever heard but I'm crazy for bad movie discussion so I listen to it even though I can't give it better than a 3/5.

How Did This Get Made was cool at first but their movie choices and guests put me off it.

Started listening to WHM based on the mention in this thread (because I love HDTGM and am pissed at few little, relatively, there is, especially when you've been listening to each new one within hours of them coming out) and am really loving the poo poo out of it so far. Especially the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull one. ISS GOWLD, JOANSIE~

Started listening to WHM based on the mention in this thread (because I love HDTGM and am pissed at few little, relatively, there is, especially when you've been listening to each new one within hours of them coming out) and am really loving the poo poo out of it so far. Especially the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull one. ISS GOWLD, JOANSIE~

Almost all the episodes have something to recommend, but here're my choices for their best works:

Hider in the House, Deadly Friend, Ewoks: the Battle for Endor, Friday the 13th (their Star Trek tangent in this one is amazing), Silver Bullet, Invisible Child, and Cocoon.

Shame they've used up just about all the big Wilford Brimley movies. There's the Thing, but that's way too big to be on there. Maybe The Firm? Hard Target?

Their complete disdain for pro wrasslin', while being former fans, is like gasoline on the fire which is this terrible movie. I don't want to go any further into it because going blind into this episode is the best.

Wanted to say thanks for turning me on to WHM - it's been a while since I found a podcast I really like with a big back catalog I can binge on. I always liked HDTGM but they aren't nearly as consistently funny.

I like how June watched all of Barb Wire in a LA Starbucks, which is both a great image and helps explain why everyone on HDGTM is so confused about who did what in every movie. Catwoman is also good for some unexpected feminist defenses.

For WHM: The Skulls is also good, especially because of their increasingly deep-fried Southern William Petersen impressions.

Sleepaway Camp is at the top of his list and that was literally the most frustrating episode to listen to. How did they have such a difficult time understanding what the plot of the movie was and what was going on?

I also wanted to chime in with the love for We Hate Movies. I laughed 'til I cried during the Step Up: Revolution episode when they got started on Peter Gallagher wanting to be sex texted Shawn's phone number.

Sleepaway Camp is at the top of his list and that was literally the most frustrating episode to listen to. How did they have such a difficult time understanding what the plot of the movie was and what was going on?

I also wanted to chime in with the love for We Hate Movies. I laughed 'til I cried during the Step Up: Revolution episode when they got started on Peter Gallagher wanting to be sex texted Shawn's phone number.

That 'Sleepaway Camp' section with Scheer is weird because as far as I know no-one needs to conduct elaborate theories as to what happens in that film. Once you've seen the twist the earlier scenes make sense, yet they seem to make out that it's some kind of Lynchian mindfuck. There's a lot more interesting things going on in that film than the plot machinations.

I found the 'Odd Life of Timothy Green' more interesting because they're not on the same page, and as he notes Tim Heidecker and Jason argue that actually the film is pretty good, and mocking it on face value is the wrong way to look at it (For the record I thought it was a fine, if underrated, film).